Repair your Braun Cruzer 3 Trimmer MacGyver style in 6 minutes 

Your way of removing the sliding trimmer module is really brilliant. Cheers!

Thank you, you helped me a lot. For those interested, the spring goes in the little hole on the trimmer side, the rounded end goes in the square shape nest/slot on the body of the shaver.

Thanks man! you saved me couple bucks! The trimmer on my Braun 170 Series 1 stopped working, so some of your advises were great!!! The only tricky part is metal spring you installed totally wrong and maybe you have this buzz because of it. The circle on the spring should fit into square socket on the shaver and other end of the spring should fit in a small hole on the trimmer. Good luck and thanx again!

Awesome! Brought my trimmer back to life for 20 bucks - Thanks!

Thanks thank thanks thanks! I already re-bought a cruzer5 for the same problem, unworking trimmer... this year during the holidays... the same problem! Since I've no intension to buy a 3rd razor, I opened it with your tutoral, wel now it's working! It was so dirty that was impossible to move, now opened, cleaned and superglued and fixed! I'm so happy! Thank you again Angelo

thanks man. you have inspired me to fix my Cruzer 4. I have made a number of improvements though. 1. You have applied the spring incorrectly (other way around) 2. There is a number of plastic pins that are prone to failure. I have replaced all with short bits of 2.5-3 mm thick copper wire. 3. You didn't mention this, but I think you did clean and re-oil the trimmer part after opening it up. this will make it run smoother. I used the oil that came along the shaver.

I know this is a very old video, but I just want to say THANK YOU! I have a similar model from around 2010 (Braun Cruzer 5 Face) and the top part that rotates broke, I ordered a replacement part on eBay but didn't know how to put it on, your 2 plastic cards method helped me take it apart! And I managed to put back that little metal spring too, very helpful!. I appreciate you making this video! I'm sure my shaver will last another 10+ years :) (It was a gift so I am trying to preserve it). Thanks again!

Tank you! You really helped me! Way of removal of the part at the beginning is amazing!

Wow i never thought I had the same problem on my Braun Series 1 190s-1, but with the help of this video it was really easy to fix. Cheers and thank you!

Believe or not its 2 am here I'm sick of cheap trimmer and I just saw my braun its so similar to urs and guess what ur video helped me to find the issue and tomorrow ill buy the super glue

Awesome! 2 years after I could repair my Cruzer4 with another but similar problem! Thank you very much for your time and effort!!!

Thanks man, rescued my MG5010, worked exactly as described. I had to order a replacement for the detached unit because it was completely broken but still worth it!

Legendary with credit card trick. Totally worked on brAun Z-50 cruZer3. BTW, plastic cards are actual tools in mobile phone repair, so not just for poor student ;)

Very usefull!!! I had problems just with big trimmer in Cruzer 5, but It was nothing broken but a lot of hair stuck. I used plenty of water and soap then oiled. It's working perfectly. Thanks a lot Ed

it really worked for me, these trimmer was unuse for YEARS now is working (Y) thanks m8

Epic! Don't care about image quality -- this is what the internet was made for!

Thanks! Saved me from buying a new trimmer! BTW, I could glue back the plastic piece that broke so didn't need the pen tip. Hope it holds.

Thank you so much for your help with this video. After about one hour I had mine repaired and everything cleaned up. It took me some time to take the plate away without breaking the pins. But everything worked fine as you described here. I managed to glue the original axis pin back in position. I noticed that is almoust round as a circle but has a little flattened side in direction of the rotating trimmers. So I could glue it in original orientation and the broken parts fit together exactly.

The part about taking it apart with cards is fantastic. Thank you very much for the help!

Thank God he sent you in my way. Mine was filled with some hair. For the spring installation there's a video of a Russian guy doing it the right way.

From one student to another, thanks man! Solved my trimmer problem and it didn't cost me a single dime :D

Thanks, now I know how to take a Cruzer apart, regrettably the spindle that was broken in your shaver is fine on mine. However, it seems that there is too much play on the plastic part that moves the second blade of the big trimmer, thus it does not move much. I clean it and oiled it but nothing. Your solution is good if both trimmers do not work but if only the big one does not then there is not much you can do. Also you must glue the two parts together or they come apart in use.

Thank you for the video. I had exactly the same problem with my Braun Series 1 170s; the repair method worked nice the way you've shown in this video

Thanks a million man! I was ready to buy a new one and luckily found your manual

Been meaning to take a look at my shaver for ages.Tried to disassemble myself but couldn't get the trimmer part apart. Thanks for the informative video.I found the broken plastic part and will try to glue that and not use a ball-point pen.

Thanks so much! Without your help I would not have succeeded!

Thank you, that actually helped me even though I don't have the exact same model.

Many thanks man, that saved me £££ and my Braun 1000 is good as new! Just a note, I didn't bust open the interior cover. Mine was just clogged up with hair, so after a good clean and wash of the clipper section it was back to normal operation. But great video showing how it all disassembles.

Thank you! Great and quick guide to open it. However I had another issue. That part you showed was fine. After oiling cleaning and removing the mechanism of the smaller trimmer (i don't use it at all) it works like a charm and it is even much quiter :)

The spring have to be inserted in opposite position. Rounded end to the shaver body and the pointy end to the small hole in the removable part. That part where you put rounded end in your video serves for blocking removable part against sliding out. You used you credit cards for disassemble it.

Thanks for this disassembly manual ! For information,it is also applicable to series 1 trimmers. Disassembly ok, I have now to glue it and assemble again...

Thanks, this was really helpful. I put it back together a bit differently though. The ring shaped side of the spring didn't fit around the plastic as you suggested. I put the round thing in the square shaped whole on the razor itself and fit the hooked shaped side in the little whole on the trimmer side. Also works perfectly.

Thanks bro! with the help of your video, I fixed the trimmer on the braun series 1 170

Thank you very much! Como otros usuarios, después de mucho tiempo, pude reparar mi Cruzer 3! Genial, muchas gracias por tu ayuda y tiempo!

Nice! Used this technique three times already during past years

Thanks! Works VERY similar for the Cruzer 2. I simply changed the whole trimmer part. And now it works again + it is so much sharper. Would recommend anyone to replace that part after two years of use or something, even if still working.

Thanks for this awesome video. I was able to repair a 5000 series following the same basic method as well.

Great job... you saved me from buying the new one :) Thanks

Thank you so much my problem was in to the turning part but i disassemble also that part and i've done! It works now!

Чувак, большое тебе человеческое спасибо!!! Я долго искал такое видео!!!

Thank you for this owesome HOW TO video. I fixed mine CruZer3 the same way an d found out one little misposition of moving spring wire on your video. just need to place it oposite. Thanks once again.

Sos UN GENIO ! Mil gracias capo ! Thanks a lot! Greetings from Argentina

excellent guide! confirming also working in cruzer 4 too.

Legend! thanks from Australia.

thank you very much for the video !!! not the same model, but it helped me to repair my braun trimmer

Thank you for this tutorial, but I have a different unknown problem with the larger trimmer, fortunately I found the only trimmers part on ebay and I will replace it with your MacGyver style ;)

Super toto presne som potreboval už ide ako nový :) :) Thanks, i fixed my series 6, only hair blocked my trimmer :)

genio asi la pude arreglar muchas gracias.. a mi no me andaba desde q la compre hace 3 años ahora al final anda.

VERY good, I will try it on my razor which was waiting for a repair for the last year

any idea if one can replace the trimmer blades (the razor itself)? i cant find replacement parts online

Thanks Man, it was helpful.

Thanks for the instructions!

great video - was able to fix my Braun Razor 4. cool!

dude!!! you are the best!!! Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks buddy, nicely done!

Thank you for tutorial. finally fixed the trimmer. Maybe some small advise. I tried to glue cut head of pen, but edges were uneven, so i didn't glue properly. Then instead I cut small nail, and used the head of the nail as side to be glued (as it is flat).

great one man, Braun should send you a SUPER PACK with goods... ill try to fix one mine now.

BTW its a great idea to predrill (or burn using a hot needle) some holes and glue your own wire pins in.

Nice, I have repair it as well and thanks for your sharing

No pensé que encontraría la solución a mi problema. ( me cortaba con tijeras) gracias por el vídeo, pude arreglar mi maquina de afeitar y quedó como nueva. saludos desde Chile.

thanks a lot for this helpfull video. the 2 cards trick is nice & simple.

thx. really helps me to disassembly my cruizer 2 without breaking it so i can clean it :D

I saw your video like a year 1/2 ago, and I fixed the first one .I had my doubts glue in it the small plastic part that acts as a pivot, it´s looked so fragile. Time pass I use it every day and it still working perfectly and this model is so easy to clean not like the new ones. now I´m going to fix my second one, its much older serie 3 model 1775 Great help Gracias

Excellent video, thanks a lot!

Can you use it without the spring, cause wherever it clamps to on the trimmer, that little piece is broken for me, idk if I should get it fixed or not

Thanks! saved me money!

Thanks - fixed my series 1 with this (blocked with hair inside trimmer and it could not move).

i have another cheaper model, i had more trouble but in the end it works. so thanks a lot for your video help :)

Thanks, man! It was really helpfull.

Thank you very very much!

Thank you for that guide ! :D

That Metal thing, where you said its tricky, you have to put it into that square, otherwise, if you do it like you did (squeezing it against the stopper), the sliding Part of the shaver wont stay up when shaving, and thats what the metal Part is for.

Thanks !Very useful .

very useful, thanks

thanks dude, just fixed mine :)

nice, very helpful video, bro!

Thank u. Fixed my issue

Great job. Thank you very much. I was just throwing it away.

thank u so much man.your video was very helpfull

was very helpful thanks!

Followed your instuctions, did everything as shown, had the same problem, now the blades are moving, but they dont cut,they irritate the skin and pull the hair. I've cleaned every part,lubed the blades, did everything i could think of, but i cant make this work properly. Any ideas?

Much appreciated!

Thanks for help man !

Nice. thanks for help

Hi there I got question how do u separate the Wide trimmer form the Small one ? my small trimmer works perfectly but the wide one wont work could u help me out :)

thanks a lot that was very helpful brother

Thank you.

Thank you!

Great job it worked

you are a genius

thanks dude.....it works....

Not the same problem but i found it following your video ty :)

skipped over that bit and it started playing again!

Sorry to hear that! If you find a solution let me know. Ye your right with the glue - if you want it to hold properly. I´m fine without till now, but we will see.

gracias me sirvio un montos saludoss

still useful in 2019!

i could disassembly and assemble properly after your video .. but problem of mine is trimmer moves, but not completely. ... its not broken inside... just it doesnt trim .. the second trimmer just shakes .. doesnt move properly ...

thanks !

thank you :)

in Cruzer 4 working too, good movie